chemotaxonomy

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Meaning

1. noun The classification or taxonomy of organisms based on differences and similarities in biochemistry, especially on differences in amino acid sequence in proteins that the organisms have in common.

Similar words

chemosystematics chemotaxonomist biotaxy morphotaxonomy cytotaxonomy biotaxonomy chemotaxy paleochemotaxonomy taxometrics metataxonomy

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Word family

chemotaxonomic chemotaxonomies chemotaxonomist chemotaxonomists